My hat is off to Fred. He stepped up at short notice in UFC 4 (and as most know, got creamed), he continued to train, ref and promote martial arts, and at age 53 got back in the octagon. And he's made a brave honest video.

Fred Ettish is a cool dude from everything I have heard. Anyone that judges him from that one fight many years ago is very shortsighted and an ass.

1/13/2012 9:53pm,

danno

noting but love for ettish.

1/14/2012 12:00am,

Petter

He stepped up boldly a long time ago, failed in the most public way, but stuck to martial arts at the same time as he made sure to learn from his mistakes rather than steep himself in excuses and rationalisations, which would be a very human (though unfortunate) thing to do; and he stepped up bravely again. And won, at 53. Even regarded purely as a fighter the man deserves plenty of respect. And I can't think of any better measure of a man than what he makes of his mistakes.

1/14/2012 1:29am,

Ke?poFist

Fred Ettish has taken himself from serving as a representation of the failings of so-called traditional karate training, to serving as a representation of astounding growth and character that the vast majority of us lack.

1/14/2012 12:42pm,

Syphilis

That's pretty cool, and an inspiration for old dudes I guess. Good budo spirit!